March Quilts

Every month seems to have a

certain color associated with it.

The month of March seems like

a transition month, from winter 

to spring, but we still

seem to associate the color green with it

 because of St. Patrick's Day.

When I looked at my quilts

for anything that was predominately green,

guess what, 

I don't have any.

Green is just not my color.

Of course, I use it, but

not as the primary color.

So the first quilt I wanted  to share will
represent March with

its green border.

This quilt is a reproduction of an

1865 crib quilt.

The pattern was first published in the

American Patchwork and Quilting magazine.

"Looking  Back"

2001

It was fun combining the turkey reds

with the chrome orange or cheddar.

The flying geese didn't stay strict in

the light and dark placement and

the fabrics came from my stash

and were old even 12 years ago.

The sawtooth border, next to the binding,

was fun to do.

It was a straight strip of fabric with clips and 

marks and the edges were folded back as you went 

to create the triangles.   

That way, you weren't working 

with bias edges as it was appliqued.

I had this great piece that worked perfectly for the backing.

It was bold and bright with all 

of the colors included.

The other quilt I wanted to share,

is about springtime.

"Aprons From the Past"

Finished 2001

Started 1996

I belonged to a wonderful quilt group and we 

called ourselves the "Pinheads".

We didn't think of the name in negative terms,

but more as a laugh at ourselves.

When we started meeting together
we were all 

moms with small children, so

I don't think I have to explain more.

This quilt was an exchange of HST's.

We all did something different with them

and I loved combining them into the heart blocks.

This actually was  the first quilt I had machine quilted.

It has a lot of quilting on it,

and it actually became pretty stiff.

I've never used it because of that.

I don't wash my quilts too often, but maybe that 

would soften it up just a bit.

Labels are so important.

It's always fun to look back over our collections

of quilts and see

where our color preferences have been or

what the styles were at one time.

Each one is a special as they

continue to document our quilting journey.

Until Next Time-